Summertime Blues

When you think of summertime. You will most likely think of being a child. Vivid pictures will flash thru your mind of the special days. Running, playing, swimming, screaming...but there will always be a time where you had just been laying in the grass or some such wondering when summer would be over.
I as a child had a favorite place to go lay in the grass under a maple. To stare up and watch the clouds thru the branches. Watching the birds and butterflies. Looking for four leaf clovers. There would hardly be any breeze. Everyone was either at camp or off camping with family. You would think am I the only one in the world today. It would be so still and quiet(we lived in the country at this time).
You would sit and watch what wonderful things God had made. Grasshoppers, inch worms, listen to the neighbor's cows moo. Then ask when will I have to go back to school? These are the summertime blues.
Today hear in South Carolina we sit in the A/C keeping cool and watch the world go by out the window. It's Aug. and we haven't had a day under 90 in 45 days. Been under a heat advisory for 35 of them. We sit and ask "when will this be over"? You go out to the car and either burn your hand trying to get ing the car, or burn your bum by sitting on the scorching seat. You forgot to put your flippers back on and touched the pavement with your toe immediately thinking you were walking across a spot of fire! It often seems to hot even for ice cream. It would be melted before it even got into your hands.
As we go to the kids baseball games and picnics we ask our selves are we crazy? It's 100 degrees out here and I have to pretend to be having a good time. I'm ready to pass out! You learn quickly to do any thing needing to be done outside you do before 7:00 am or after 8:00 pm. You go for a moonlit walk at 10:30 and it's still 89 or hotter. How romantic??? You've got sweat running from every pore plus! Your hair is dripping. Your cloths are wet and sticking....this is to be romantic? Come on I'm not 16 any more!
You see these mom's holding their new babies. Trying to hold them with out having to touch them and make them hotter and more fussy. The poor things have on only a diaper, heat rash all over their little fat rolled bodies.
You try to sleep but the sheets are as sticky and wet as you are...you lay there and pray for a breeze, even better a rain storm...then it hits and you remember you have to close the windows or soak the inside of you house. Then it stops and you can watch the steam roll off the roads, and top of the houses. Yes, you thought you were hot before?
Do remember those Summertime Blues.

Summer Time

I know I haven't posted anything in a while. Been having computer problems. All's going well here. Summer has started. To be 95 today, heat index saying 105! Are you ready for summer?

Have you ever thought have I said the right thing?

I think that quite often...I don't always say the right things. It's often out before I think. I've been trying alot harder to over come this huge problem. Some people will say oh that's ok...
Well I received a email the other day. She was forwarding this along to everyone, not just me. But I love it!!! You know how certain things just hit home and you wish you could shout it from the rooftops. Well that was this one.

"The difference between the right word and the wrong word, is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug...Mark Twain.

I think I'll leave it as enough said...

Would you give up yours?

This is a question I have recently heard. I should say a quote. It gave me alot to think of. One of the many men who helped to make our country. He does have many quotes which leaves you thinking. But, this has been with me for quiet a while now. I do hope it gives you as much.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Benjamin Franklin

I'm unsure about you but I enjoy and want to keep my Liberty! It's something which so many men and women have died for us to have. I pray for us to keep.

I have often thought...would I have the courage to stand up as so many of our founding fathers had? Would I be willing to loose my home, everything I own...but above all my life to say We have Liberty?

My husband was willing to die for it. My son is. (Both being USMC). We often as mother's say leave my children alone, and are willing to fight as a bear to keep them and our homes safe. But are we willing to stand up to those in our country, towns and such to say "leave our Liberty's free!" As the flag says "Don't tread on me", have we forgotten what it was like to have someone tell you when and what you would do?

Please take some time to think of what our country men have gone thru for us. Would you give up yours?

Snow in Charleston SC!!!! 2/12/2012

We had snow here in Charleston,SC! Yes, a freak southern snow storm. From TX, FL, thru The Carolina's. It started about 6:00pm and went on until early this morning. We recieved about 5 inchs. It was beautiful. we haven't had a snow like this since we had hurrican Hugo. We have had a couple of flakes a few times. Both nothing to really see.
This one was really cool. We had lightning along with it. I had never seen that before. I had heard of it, but never seen it. It was really something to see.
Abby (the dog) lovedit. She ran and barked. Kept looking at Lester like lets play!
Lester made a snowball with it. That if he would have hit someone with it. It would have knocked them out cold.
Well it's evening and most of it has melted away. So until the next time...

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